- Date
- August 16, 1975
- Place
- Falmouth, MA · FALMOUTH, MA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9578Enstrom F28
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750816025529A
- Case key
- 150637
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2679 75/8/16 FALMOUTH,MA ENSTROM F28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 158 TIME - 1130 N9578 PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARTHAS VINEYARD,MA BOURNE,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- THE HELICOPTER WAS RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9578
- Reported as
- Enstrom F28
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9578Registration cancelled Aug 22, 2023 · Enstrom F-28AAirframe modelEnstrom F-28AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.